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The secret lives of 17th century #owls (BM) Reading by candle light in 1625, and out on a skate date in 1644.
24 Feb: feast of St. Matthias #otd , one of the 'lesser' apostles - here seen with St Jude (BM)
Two scenes from the 17th shoe trade (Rijksmuseum). The women are offered at-home fittings while the men visit the shop.
The Assumption of the Virgin c. 1577–79 by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Art Institute Chicago)
29 Jan 1622: Francis Norris, Earl of Berkshire, shoots himself with a crossbow at his home at Rycote, Oxfordshire #otd Died 2 days later. Had humiliated himself by insulting Lord Scrope in the House of Lords the previous year in front of Charles, Prince of Wales (BM)